diff --git a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
index 7ef824179..6a54c24fb 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
+++ b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ namespace
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> arg_mnemonic_language = {"mnemonic-language", sw::tr("Language for mnemonic"), ""};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> arg_electrum_seed = {"electrum-seed", sw::tr("Specify Electrum seed for wallet recovery/creation"), ""};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_restore_deterministic_wallet = {"restore-deterministic-wallet", sw::tr("Recover wallet using Electrum-style mnemonic seed"), false};
+  const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_restore_from_seed = {"restore-from-seed", sw::tr("alias for --restore-deterministic-wallet"), false};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_restore_multisig_wallet = {"restore-multisig-wallet", sw::tr("Recover multisig wallet using Electrum-style mnemonic seed"), false};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_non_deterministic = {"non-deterministic", sw::tr("Generate non-deterministic view and spend keys"), false};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<bool> arg_allow_mismatched_daemon_version = {"allow-mismatched-daemon-version", sw::tr("Allow communicating with a daemon that uses a different RPC version"), false};
@@ -4280,7 +4281,7 @@ bool simple_wallet::handle_command_line(const boost::program_options::variables_
   m_generate_from_json            = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_generate_from_json);
   m_mnemonic_language             = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_mnemonic_language);
   m_electrum_seed                 = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_electrum_seed);
-  m_restore_deterministic_wallet  = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_restore_deterministic_wallet);
+  m_restore_deterministic_wallet  = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_restore_deterministic_wallet) || command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_restore_from_seed);
   m_restore_multisig_wallet       = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_restore_multisig_wallet);
   m_non_deterministic             = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_non_deterministic);
   m_allow_mismatched_daemon_version = command_line::get_arg(vm, arg_allow_mismatched_daemon_version);
@@ -9716,6 +9717,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_command);
 
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_restore_deterministic_wallet );
+  command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_restore_from_seed );
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_restore_multisig_wallet );
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_non_deterministic );
   command_line::add_arg(desc_params, arg_electrum_seed );